The Indian Heritage of AmericaFrom the prehistoric peoples who inhabited the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age to the American Indian of the 20th century, this book encompasses the whole historical and cultural range of Indian life in Corth, Central, and South America. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs. |
Contents
Early Man in the Americas | 47 |
The Native Peoples of the Far North | 57 |
9 | 73 |
The Tribes of the Northeast Woodlands | 81 |
The Tribes of the Southeastern United States | 99 |
The Plains Indians | 110 |
The Peoples of the Great Basin | 124 |
The Indians of the Plateau | 131 |
18 | 189 |
Indians of Central America and the Caribbean | 219 |
20 | 235 |
The Marginal Nomadic Indians of South America | 270 |
24 | 278 |
25 | 286 |
The TwentiethCentury Struggle for Survival | 345 |
Indians Today | 377 |
15 | 138 |
The Indians of the Southwest | 161 |
The Indians of Northern Mexico | 182 |
Bibliography | 383 |
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agriculture Alaska Algonquian American Indians Anasazi animals Apaches Arawaks archeologists Arizona Athapascan Aztecs bands Basin became California Canada centers central century ceremonies civilization coast coastal corn cultural area dances eastern Ecuador Eskimos existed farming farther north fishing gathering groups hemisphere highlands Hohokam Hopis horses hunters hunting Inca influences interior Iroquois Island Kaminaljuyú known Lake land language leaders lived Mayan Mexico Middle America Mississippian Culture Monte Albán mounds Museum native Navahos Nez Perces nomadic non-Indians northern Northwest northwestern Ojibwas Olmec Pacific PAIUTE period Peru plains Plateau population possessed pottery present-day principal Pueblo Puerto Hormiga raids region religious reservations River settlements settlers shamans Shoshonis Sioux slaves social societies Southeast southern Southwest Spaniards Spanish spread stage stone temple Teotihuacán Timucua tion Toltecs trade traits treaty tribal tribes tropical forest United Valley various villages warriors western white man's wild Yucatán